Fawlty Towers is the Greatest Show with John Cleese

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Fawlty Towers is the Greatest Show with John Cleese

Monty Python gets all the attention but for absolute British comedy genius from John Cleese you must watch Fawlty Towers.

What's Fawlty Towers you say? 

Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (two seasons with six episodes each) the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.

The setting is a fictional hotel called Fawlty Towers located in the seaside town of Torquay on the 'English Riviera' (which was where the Gleneagles hotel that inspired John Cleese was situated). The show was written by Cleese and Connie Booth, both of whom played main characters. The first series in 1975 was produced and directed by John Howard Davies; the second in 1979 was produced by Douglas Argent and directed by Bob Spiers.

In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 that was voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was placed first.BFI TV100, URL accessed 4 June 2009. It was also voted fifth in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" poll in 2004.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/winner.shtml Britain's Best Sitcom Top 10]. URL accessed 4 June 2009.

Fawlty Towers vs Monty Python 

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Fawlty Towers is the Greatest Show with John Cleese

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Absolutely!

JHFSEO says:

Monty Python, Frost Report and the 1948 show are all great, but Fawlty Towers is concentrated Cleese. Too bad it was only 12 episodes. Comedy gold!

kab says:

Ouch...that's a tough choice. Fawlty Towers just squeaks the win.

No way, Monty Python is better!

NOTaLoony says:

fawlty towers is more like laughingish, but monty python is more ingenious and funnier and the perfect comedy show! Fawlty towers may be nearly perfect, but monty python ('s flying circus) gets the win

Hinutech says:

No way. While Fawlty Towers is excellent, it doesn't come close to the excellence that is Monty Python.

 

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